> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 319](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189790) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24945-1) LSID 24945-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966539) QID Q966539 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Poiret, Jean Louis Marie (1755-1834), French clergyman and botanist; travelled in North Africa 1785-1786. **Abbreviated name**: *Poir.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Poir.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]] (through Moquin-Tandon and Cosson); other material at [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection FI|FI]] (herb. Desfontaines), [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection P|P]]-LA (types), [[Collection UPS|UPS]] (herb. Thunberg). Some letters at [[Collection HU|HU]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 214, 1 (ed. 2): 333, 5(1): 776; Backer p. 455; Barnhart 3: 95; BM 4: 1591; Bossert p. 313; Bret. p. 125; CSP 4: 963; DU 227; Frank 3 (Anh.): 78; Herder p. 471; Hortus 3: 1201 (Poir.); IF p. 724; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 340, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 329-330; Langman p. 589; Lasègue p. 59, 316, 321, 441, 504; Lenley p. 466; MW p. 390; NI 349, 1552; Plesch p. 366; PR 1679, 5004-5005, 7233-7235 (ed. 1: 8113-8116); Rehder 5: 680; RS p. 111-112; SBC p. 129; SO 815; SK 4: xcvi; Stevenson p. 1254; TL-1/267, 315; 643-644, 988-989; TL-2/1091, 1293, 1409-1410, 1597, 4136-4137, see C.H.B.A. Moquin-Tandon; Tucker 1: 562; Zander ed. 10, p. 702, ed. 1, p. 801. #### Biofile - Anon., Biogr. univ. Suppl. 77: 342-344. 1845; Bonplandia 1: 216. 1853. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 440. 1880 (herb.). - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souvenirs 58, 78. 1862. - Cardew, F., J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 78: 293-294. 1953 (on *Leçons de flore*, vellum copy, Lindley Library). - Cosson, E., Comp. fl. atl. 1: 10. 1881. - Cosson, E. & M.C. Durieu, Exp. sci. Alg. Bot. 2: xvii. 1868. - Cuvier, G., Dict. Sci. nat. portraits: \[alph.\] 1845 (portr.). - Fournier, P., Voy. déc. sci. mission. natural. franç. 1: 88, 90, 92, 98. 1932. - Guillaumin, A., Les fleurs des jardins xxxvii, *pl. 12.* 1929 (portr.). - Hall, N., Bot. Eucalypts 104. 1978. - Hitchcock, A.S. & A. Chase, Man. Grass. U.S. 988. 1951 (epon.). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 417, 471. 1864. - Kukkonen, I., Herb. Christian Steven 80. 1971 (mat. at H). - Lawrence, G.H.M., Huntia 1: 164. 1964 (some letters at HU). - Levot, Nouv. Biogr. gén. 39: 566-567. 1862. - Maire, R., Progr. conn. bot. Algérie *pl. I.* 1931 (portr.). - Poiret, J.L.M., Encycl. méth., Bot. 8: 749-750. 1808 (autobiogr., account of N. Afr. journey). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 515. 1977. - Stafleu, F.A., *in* G.S. Daniels and F.A Stafleu, Taxon 22: 590. 1973 (portr.). - Stearn, W.T., Roy. Hort. Soc. Exhib. manuscr. books 1954, p. 40 (describes the vellum copy in Lindley Library). - Steinberg, C.H., Mon. biol. Canar. 4: 31, fig. 6. 1973 (plants in herb. Desfontaines at FI); Webbia 32(1): 11. 1977. - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 3(2): 124. 1979 (notes Agn. Chase); 4(1): 85. 1981 (arch. mat. HU). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 116. 1903. #### Composite works - (1) See Lamarck, (*Encycl*. (TL-2/4136), vols. 3 (from P onward), 4-8, suppl. 1-5) and *Tabl. encycl.* (TL-2/4137), vols. 5(2) and tome 3. - (2) See F.P. Chaumeton, Fl. méd., TL-2/1091. #### Handwriting Monogr. biol. Canar. 4: fig. 6. 1973; Webbia 32(1): 14. 1977. #### Eponymy *Poiretia* Cavanilles (1797, *nom. rej.*), *Poiretia* J.F. Gmelin (1791, *nom. rej.*), *Poiretia* J.E. Smith (1808), *Poiretia* Ventenat (1807, *nom. cons.*); ING 3: 1383-1384. ### Publications ##### n.8114. Voyage en Barbarie **Title** *Voyage en Barbarie*, ou lettres écrites de l'ancienne Numidie pendant les années 1785 & 1786, sur la réligion, les coutumes & les moeurs des maures & des arabes-bédouins; avec un essai sur l'histoire naturelle de ce pays... à Paris (chez J.B.F. Née de la Rochelle,...) 1789. Oct. 2 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Voy. Barbarie*. **Notes** *1*: 1789 (approb. 16 Apr 1788, registr. 20 Mai 1788), p. \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-303, \[364, err.\]. *2*: 1789 (p. \[318\]: 16 Apr 1788), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-315, \[316-319\]. *Copies*: FI, G, NY; IDC 5570. *German transi*.: 1789, *Reise in die Barbarey*... Strasbourg, 2 vols. Oct. (n.v.). ##### n.8115. Leçons de flore **Title** *Leçons de flore*. Cours complet de botanique explication de tous les systèmes, introduction à l'étude des plantes par J.L.M. Poiret continuateur du dictionnaire de botanique de l'Encyclopédie méthodique suivi d'une iconographie végétale en cinquante-six planches coloriées offrant près de mille objets par P. J.F. Turpin. Ouvrage entièrement neuf, tome premier \[-troisième\]. Paris (C.L.F. Panckoucke, éditeur...) 1819-1820, 3 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Leçons fl.* **Notes** *Author of vol. 3*: Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840). *Original quarto issue* (25 copies): as above, vols. 1-2 by Poiret, vol. 3 by Turpin, together in 17 monthly parts the contents and dates of which are imperfectly known. *Copy*: NY. – See also DU 227. *1*: 1819, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-250, lettre \[1-4\]. *2*: 1820, p. \[1\]-159, \[1-3\]. *3*: 1820, p. \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[9\]-184, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-56, 2bis, 4bis, suite 4bis, 36bis, 43bis, 44bis, 48bis, 56bis* (col. copp. Turpin), chart. Alternative t.p. \[v\*\]: "*Essai d'une iconographie* élémentaire et philosophique *des végétaux* avec une texte explicatif par P. J.F. Turpin" (*Essai iconogr. vég.*). *Original octavo issue*: 1819-1820, same letter press as for quarto edition but type shifted, "Livraisons" indicated. *Prospectus*: 1819, p. \[1\]-8. *1*: 1819, p. \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-278, letter \[1-5\]. *2*: 1820, p. \[1\]-174, \[1-3\], \[1-4, adv.\]. *3*: 1820, p. \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[9\]-199, \[200, err.\], *pl*.: as in quarto issue, 2 uncol. charts. *Copies*: B, BR, G, PH. *Other issues of orig. ed.* (n.v.): folio (10 copies): same plates and pagination as quarto; Plesch (p. 366) reports a folio copy; see also Sotheby 613 (Sold 3.800). Two \[?\] copies (PR) were printed on vellum (one copy sold at Christie, 12 Nov 1975; other vellum copies are at the Österr. Nationalbibliothek and the Lindley Library (Stearn 1954, Cardew 1953). *Flore médicale issues*: the *Leçons de flore* (vols. 1-2) and the *Essai d'une iconographie* (vol. 3 in above issues) were also published as part of the series *Flore médicale* edited by François Pierre Chaumeton (see TL-2/1091). Our information on the various issues is still incomplete because the complexity was the same as that of the *Flore médicale*. The information available on 1 Jun 1980 was the following: *Fl. méd. issue, Quarto*: 1819-1820, vols. "septième et dernier", 7(1) and 7(2), by Poiret, vol. \[7(3)\] published as "*Essai d'une iconographie*..." by PJ.F. Turpin. Title pages may have been shifted. The "ideal" composition is probably: *7*(*1*): 1819, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[1\]-3, \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-200 as " *Flore médicale partie élémentaire* par J.L.M. Poiret... tome septième et dernier. Paris (C.L.F. Panckoucke), éditeur...). *7*(*2*): 1820, p. \[1\]-159. *7*(*3*): 1820, p. \[i\], \[1\]-184, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-56, 2bis, 4bis, suite 4bis, 36bis, 43bis, 44bis, 48bis, 56bis*, (as above), chart. with two t.p.'s: \[1\]: "*Flore médicale*... tome septième..." and p. \[3\]: "*Essai d'une iconographie*... Turpin". *Copy*: NY. *Fl. méd. issue, Octavo*: 1819-1820, idem: *7*(*1*): 1819, p. \[i\*-xii\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-278, \[1-5\], text t.p. as in quarto issue: "tome septième et dernier". *7*(*2*): 1820, p. \[1\]-174, \[1-3\], text t.p.: "tome septième – iie partie". *7*(*3*): 1820, p. \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[9\]-199, \[200, err.\], *pl*. as in quarto; "tome septième" and *Essai* title-pages. *Copies*: B, BR, MICH, MO, NY, USDA. – "Livraisons" indicated in text. *Ed. 2* of text *Leçons de flore* (vols. 1 and 2 combined in a single volume, octavo edition entitled:) *Édition classique*: 1823, p. \[i\*-ix\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-367. *Copy*: MO. – We have not seen the accompanying volume for this edition of the Turpin *Essai* (vol. 3 in orig.). ##### n.8116. Histoire philosophique, littéraire, économique des plantes de l'Europe **Title** *Histoire philosophique, littéraire, économique des plantes de l'Europe*... à Paris (chez Ladrange et Verdière,...) 1825-1829, 7 vols. and atlas. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. philos. pl. Eur.* **Notes** *1*: 4 Jun 1824, p. \[i-iii\], \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-494; atlas \[1\]-8, *pl. 1-16.* *2*: 28 Dec 1824, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-532; atlas \[1\]-6, *pl. 16bis, 17-31.* *3*: 19 Jul 1826, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-500; atlas \[1\]-6, *pl. 32-47.* *4*: 24 Feb 1829, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-500; atlas \[1\]-8, *pl. 48-60.* *5*: 19 Dec 1827, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-516; atlas \[1\]-7, *pl. 61-79.* *6*: 12 Dec 1829, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-516; atlas \[1\]-7, *pl. 80-95.* *7*: 12 Dec 1829, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-511; atlas \[text n.v.\], *pl. 96-127.* *Atlas*: in 7 separate parts (of which no. 7 double) of *16 pl*. each (see above); col. liths. by A. Poiret, fils. *Copies*: B, BR, MO, NY, USDA; IDC 5643. *Issues*: regular (papier fin des Vosges) and on "papier satiné". *Advertising pamphlet*: \[1824\], p. \[(1)\]-(4) announcement, \[1\]-35 premier discours (from vol 1). *Copy*: G. – Five volumes anticipated; two issues: on "papier fin des Vosges" and on "papier satiné".